Rumour - Panasonic back to F1 with Sauber?

Panasonic could return to Formula One in support of Japanese rookie driver
Kamui Kobayashi, according to the latest rumour.
After eight years as a major title sponsor, the Osaka-based Panasonic
Corporation withdrew from the sport along with...

Panasonic could return to Formula One in support of Japanese rookie driver
Kamui Kobayashi, according to the latest rumour.

After eight years as a major title sponsor, the Osaka-based Panasonic
Corporation withdrew from the sport along with Toyota at the end of last
season.

But at the time of Toyota's decision, Panasonic had already committed as
the Cologne based team's title sponsor until the end of 2012, indicating
that the popular multinational electronics brand is still interested in
Formula One.

According to the rumour, Panasonic officials met with Sauber and Kobayashi
after Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix, where the 24-year-old driver stirred
the local crowd with his audacious overtaking moves.

Kobayashi came through the formative racing ranks, including European F3
and GP2, with Panasonic-sponsored Toyota's full backing, culminating in
his Formula One debut late last season.